πληθ-ύς,ύος,ἡ, Ep. dat.
A.
πληθυῖ
Il. 22.458
, Od. 11.514 , 16.105 :— Ion. forπλῆθος, throng, crowd,of people, Hom.ll. cc.; = δῆμος , Leg.Gort. 6.52 ;majority,
πληθὺν δὲ νικῆν
IG 9(1).333.18
( Locr. ,v B.C.): as Noun of multitude with pl. Verb, ὣς φάσαν ἡ π.
Il. 2.278
: in later Prose, Pl. Ax. 366b , LXX 3 Ma. 4.17 ; τῆς στρατιᾶς τὴν π. συχνήν
Plu. Pomp. 39
, cf. Luc. Cont. 15 , etc.;=Lat.plebs,
D.H. 7.16 , etc. [ῡin nom. and acc. sg., in other casesῠ.]